CNG 103, Lot: 398. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenike I. 285-246 BC. AV Half Mnaieion – ‘Tetradrachm’ (19mm, 13.93 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 272-261/0 BC. Conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; AΔEΛΦΩN above, shield to left / Conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled; ΘEΩN above. Svoronos 604; Olivier & Lorber dies 18/52, 275 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 133; Noeske 38; Boston MFA 2275; Dewing 2753-4. Near EF, lightly toned.

From the M. A. Armstrong Collection. Ex Spink 121 (7 October 1997), lot 335; Numismatic Fine Arts XVIII (31 March 1987), lot 258.